30 Day Baseball Card Challenge

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Grab a Glass of Milk

Because... today I'm sharing one of the greatest cookies around.I have always been a cookie guy. Given the choice between freshly baked cookies and just about any other sweet treat out there... the majority of the time I'll pick the cookies.My sister-in-law's concoction called the "Gross" cookie is hands down my favorite. It's based on her maiden name and has everything from oatmeal to chocolate chips to coconut (and I'm not even a coconut kind of guy). They're seriously amazing.My second favorite cookie is this 1971 Topps Cookie Rojas:

It may not be edible, but it's pretty awesome.By now most of you know that I'm trying to save up for a rental property, so when it comes to collecting, I'm on a strict hobby budget. But what you might not know is that one of my latest projects is picking up affordable graded cards that feature amazing photography and/or interesting images.

This card is one of the greatest "turning two" trading cards around. Thanks to an article on Fangraphs, I discovered that this play took place on August 16th, 1970 at Yankee Stadium. The player sliding into second base is New York Yankees'right fielderRon Woods who had just singled to lead off the inning.

I don't want to rewrite the guy's article, so I'll keep it simple. Cookie ended up turning the double play, but his team lost to the home team5-1 that Sundayafternoon.

Cookie is the 4thaddition to this particular collection and my latest eBay purchase. I got involved in a small bidding war over this card, but was pretty pumped to walk away the winner. The cost?$10.27 (+ $3.50shipping). I could have saved a few bucks and picked up a PSA 7version of this card, but I'd really like to find PSA 8 (or higher) copies for my 70'strading cards.There's one more card I have to share from this collection that I picked up off of COMCearlier in the summer, but I'll save that for another post.In the meantime, I'm combing through Night Owl's Greatest 100 Cards of the 1970s posts in search of new cards to add to this collection. He's already given me two ideas.What about you?

What are some of your favorite cards that happen to feature amazing photography and/or interesting photos?

Who knows... maybe I'll try to add it to this collection. It might look like I'm focusing on the 60's and 70's, but I'll consider cards from any decade as long as they're affordable.Happy Tuesday and sayonara!

Mrs. Fields White Chocolate Macadamia nut, two boxes(12 cookies) in one sitting. '03 Upper Deck #313 Mike Cameron'82 Fleer #196 Brad Mills'88 Topps Traded "Tiffany" #77T Jesse Orrosco'10 Topps Chrome #85 Kevin YoukilisTo name a few from the modern era.Vintage cards (pre '76) with righteous photography is redundant. It would take months to compile a short list of worthy candidates to satisfy such a request.

Thanks. Haven't actually baked cookies in years. I bought the ready to bake dough earlier in the week. Gonna try it today. Maybe I'll give your recipe a try during Thanksgiving break when I have more time.

About Me

I've been collecting cardboard off and on since the early 80's. I'm presently collecting. But who knows what the future holds in store for me.
One thing is for certain... I'll have my blog to help relive some of my favorite hobby moments.